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temptation.
    There was only one checkout open and the line was long. Short-handed ,
Leah thought. Not good . On the other hand, it gave her more time to
catch another glimpse of Scott.
    Suddenly there he was, turning on the light at another
register.
    “I can help someone over here,” he called.
    I’ll bet you can .
    Leah nearly tripped over herself making her way to the
register. The person behind her got there first and she had a huge cart full of
stuff. Leah didn’t mind though. She watched Scott run through the groceries
like a pro, asking the woman if she’d found anything or if there were any
special items she’d like to see next time she was in the store. Good one ,
Leah thought. I’ll have to say that next time.
    Scott smiled at the customer and Leah turned to mush inside.
She couldn’t wait for her turn and have that little ray of sunshine pointed in
her direction. Finally the woman pushed away her mountain load of groceries and
it was Leah’s turn to step up.
    “Hi,” she said, before he could even greet her. She was
already flashing one of her very best customer service smiles when he turned
and looked at her. Blue , she thought. Blue like the ocean, those
eyes.
    “Hi there.” His voice lost some of the standard how-can-I-help-you-chipper
tone and became more distracted, saying the rote words but totally focused on
something else. “Did you find everything you needed?”
    All that and more .
    “All that and more,” Leah said, then was mortified. Had that
actually come out of her mouth?
    Scott laughed. It was a soft, gentle sound that made Leah
feel like singing. I made him laugh , she thought. She watched his hands
as they scanned her lettuce and tomatoes and salad dressing. They were a bit
rough around the edges. Hands that have seen real work . Her eyes traced
up his arms to his shoulders, wondering what type of sculpting residual effects
that hard work had left behind.
    Leah let her gaze drop again to his name tag, where she
noticed that below his name was printed “area manager”. Hmm , she
thought. Only one register open, area manager on the premises. The store
might be in trouble.
    Scott’s voice read off her total. Leah was in a haze while
she pulled out her money and handed him a twenty.
    “Out of twenty,” he said, just as Leah had said a million
times. As Scott put her change into her hand their fingers brushed just a bit
but just enough. Sparks of fire moved through Leah’s fingers, up her arm and
down her spine. She shivered, then a wash of heat moved through her body.
    Scott’s hand was still outstretched even though he held
nothing. Leah closed her hand over her money and slowly drew it back to her.
    “Come back and see me again,” Scott said. “I mean…us. See
us.”
    “I will,” Leah breathed. She picked up her bag and walked
slowly away from the register. Before walking out the doors, she glanced back
over her shoulder and saw that he was still staring at her.

Chapter Six
     
    Leah didn’t open the box that night. She looked at it a lot,
stared at it, took it off the dresser and held it in her hands. It’ll make
your dreams come true . What exactly was that supposed to mean?
    Leah drew herself another bath, still trying to ease her
aching muscles. She set the box on the sink and looked at it while she soaked,
contemplating. In the past week she’d been fucked up one side and down the
other, asserted herself for the first time, gotten a promotion and catapulted
herself into a new and improved desire for health. And quite possibly met the
man of her dreams.
    The water cooled as Leah stared. Hale. Who or what was he?
Did she still not care? Even there in the tub, thinking about Scott, she could
see Hale joining her in the bathtub, sucking at her nipples and sinking his
fingers deep into her pussy, making her come hard and scream his name…and it
wasn’t a conflict. How was that possible?
    * * * * *
    The next day Leah went back to Mayfaire’s to buy hair dye.
She hung